A most excellent read.This book is rather morbid and ocasionally very sarcastic (and so am I!) but I had a huge smile on my face throughout most of it, although at times I felt a bit guilty about enjoying myself as much as I did. If the writing style and genreal appraoch weren't that light-hearted this would be a very, very sad story.
Things like Ruby (the narrator) actually considering splitting up her dead sister's Christmas presents on the very day of her demise were written in a manner that made me snicker (and feeling guilty about it).
Generally, Ruby had very much a "good riddance" attitude towards most of the family members dying - and there were quite a few of them.
The most hilarious part was George's death. Dying of a heart attack while commiting adultery with a waitress...who then innocently asks Ruby, who witnessed the episodes, "Do you know who he is?" and then asking George's wife, "Did you know him?".
I wish there were more stories like this.
8/10
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